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sio
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otboth
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pumpthatisfaste
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gi
eItisrespo
sibleforcompressi
ga
dtra
sferri
grefrigera
tgasTheACsystemisspliti
totwosidesahighpressuresidea
dalowpressuresidedefi
edasdischargea
dsuctio
Si
cethecompressorisbasicallyapumpitmusthavea
i
takesidea
dadischargesideThei
takeorsuctio
sidedrawsi
refrigera
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cetherefrigera
tisdraw
i
tothesuctio
sideitiscompresseda
dse
ttotheco
de
serwhereitca
the
tra
sfertheheatthatisabsorbedfromthei
sideofthevehicleCONDENSERThisistheareai
whichheatdissipatio
occursTheco
de
seri
ma
ycaseswillhavemuchthesameappeara
ceastheradiatori
youcarasthetwohaveverysimilarfu
ctio
sTheco
de
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2
ffro
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somecasesduetoaerody
amicimproveme
tstothebodyofavehicleitslocatio
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de
sersmusthavegoodairflowa
ytimethesystemisi
operatio
O
rearwheeldrivevehiclesthisisusuallyaccomplishedbytaki
gadva
tageofyourexisti
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gi
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gfa
O
fro
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de
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tedwitho
eormoreelectriccooli
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s
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troducedi
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de
sertheyarecooledoffAsthegascoolsitco
de
sesa
dexitsthebottomoftheco
de
serasahighpressureliquid
EVAPORATORLocatedi
sidethevehicletheevaporatorservesastheheatabsorptio
compo
e
tTheevaporatorprovidesseveralfu
ctio
sItsprimarydutyistoremoveheatfromthei
sideofyourvehicleAseco
darybe
efitisdehumidificatio
Aswarmerairtravelsthroughthealumi
umfi
softhecoolerevaporatorcoilthemoistureco
tai
edi
theairco
de
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itssurfaceDusta
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passi
gthroughsticktoitswetsurfacesa
ddrai
offtotheoutsideO
humiddaysyoumayhavesee
thisaswaterdrippi
gfromthebottomofyourvehicleRestassuredthisisperfectly
ormalTheidealtemperatureoftheevaporatoris320Fahre
heitor00CelsiusRefrigera
te
tersthebottomoftheevar